The Nicaraguan Crisis: A Community Conversation

The Stand presents a community conversation on...

Pension reforms proposed by President Daniel Ortega on April 19 were followed by spontaneous student protest, and met with extreme state violence. After six days of nation-wide protests, three dozen mostly students and a journalist have been killed, and hundreds wounded and detained. The country, once a bright revolutionary light for the world, is at a painful crossroad. Come hear an update and join a conversation -- about what we can all learn from the uprising and violence that austerity measures and authoritarian rule can foster. Led by 35 year Nicaragua solidarity activist and ally, Lori Hanson